The Greater Maker - Official Rules

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Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau The Greater Maker Official Rules Eligibility No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited.

Open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (including D.C.) ("Participant(s)" or "Entrant(s)"). Participants must be 18 years of age and older as of time of entry into the Contest. Subject to all applicable federal, state, municipal and local laws and regulations. Employees of the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau and their advertising agency are not eligible to win. Participation & Entries To enter, visit the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureaus Facebook Page (The "Website"), http://www.facebook.com/PoconoTourism, create your Greater Than equation (Submission) using the Greater Maker application, complete the online entry form with photo submission, agree to accept the terms of the Official Rules, and submit (the "Entry"). Entries must be submitted by August 17, 2012. Entries must be an equation that was created using the Greater Maker application. All entries will be reviewed before being displayed within the application. Obscene, provocative or otherwise questionable content will not be considered. The Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau (Sponsor) retains sole discretion as to what constitutes inappropriate content. Copyright Any entry you submit must be your own work. Do not submit a Submission made by anyone other than yourself. You must be the sole owner of the copyright of any graphic submitted. Your submission of the photo and entry form is your guarantee that you are the author and copyright holder of the graphic. Prizes A judging panel from the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau will select one Runner-up on each of the following 2012 dates: 5/23, 5/30, 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 6/27, 7/4, 7/11, 7/18, 7/25, 8/1, 8/8 & 8/15. All Runners-up will receive a Pocono Mountains t-shirt. Runners up chosen between 5/23-7/25 will be featured in the cover photo on the Sponsors Facebook page and on the billboards and digital transit signage throughout Philadelphia, New York City, and New Jersey. Subsequent Runners-up chosen on 8/1, 8/8, 8/15 and 8/22 will ONLY be featured on the Facebook cover photo. The final Runner-up will be chosen Wednesday, 8/22 and posted as cover photo ONLY from Friday, 8/24 Friday 8/31. One Grand Prize Winner will be selected by the judging panel each month from the Runners-up to win a weekend getaway to the Pocono Mountains and have their name and Submission featured on WPIX. Prizes have no cash value and are non-transferrable. Prize Notifications All Runner-up and Grand Prize Winners (collectively, Winners) will be notified via email within 48 hours after the judging panels selection. In the event that a potential Winner is disqualified for any reason, the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau will award the applicable prize to an alternate Winner among all remaining eligible entries. The Winners will also be announced on the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureaus Facebook page after the winners identities are verified. Winners Submissions will be displayed within 48 hours of being chosen.

Winners will be mailed their prize at the expense of the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau within 90 days of notification. If a Winner fails to respond within 14 days of being contacted, their prize will be forfeited. Publicity, Advertising and Merchandising Except where prohibited, participation in the Contest constitutes the Participant's and Winner's irrevocable consent and release to the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau, subsidiaries and affiliated companies to use, record, reproduce, publish, display, perform and translate: (1) the name, likeness, voice, quotations, opinions biographical information and any content submitted by Participant, including without limitation their name and Submission, for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration, and/or for any other commercial or noncommercial corporate purpose, including without limitation use on merchandise or for marketing, without attribution or further payment or compensation to the Entrant, his/her successors or assigns or any other entity. Additional Terms Sponsor assumes no responsibility for electronic hardware, programming or software malfunctions, or failures, or line connections, accessibility or availability, or technical or human failures of any kind, or unauthorized human intervention, or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of any entry or other information, or for the failure to capture any such information, or any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from Participant's participation in the Contest or receipt or use or misuse of any Prize. The Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to cancel or modify or suspend this Contest or disqualify any Participant if fraud or technical failures (including but not limited to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention), or any other causes beyond the control of the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau that the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau determines compromises the integrity of the Contest. By participating, each eligible Participant agrees to a.) the Official Rules and the decisions of the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau which shall be final in all respects; and b.) releases, discharges and holds harmless the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, and employees, from any liability, claims, or damages arising out of their participation in the Contest and the acceptance, use, misuse, or possession of the Prize. Participants also further acknowledge that the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau and its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, and employees have neither made, nor are in any manner responsible or liable for, any warranty, representation or guarantee, expressed or implied, in fact or in law relative to any Prize of this Contest including but not limited to quality, condition or fitness for a particular purpose. Sponsor is not responsible for obscene, provocative, violent or otherwise questionable content that may be created as a result of this contest. Disputes Except where prohibited, Participant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest or any Prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania or the appropriate state court located in Monroe County, Pennsylvania; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest, but in no event attorneys' fees; and (3) under no circumstances will Entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and Entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the Entrant and Sponsors in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules.

Personal Information The personal information collected through the Contest is subject to Sponsor's privacy statement set forth at: http://www.800poconos.com/privacy Prize Recipients' Names For the names of the prize recipients, contact Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau The Greater Outdoors Facebook Contest at the following address: 1004 Main Street, Stroudsburg, PA 18360. Sponsored and Administered by Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau, 1004 Main Street, Stroudsburg, PA 18360. Disclaimer This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. By participating, you hereby release and hold harmless Facebook from any and all liability associated with this promotion. By participating in this promotion you agree to the Official Rules.

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